Chuck Severance, clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, published a Python textbook in 11 days because he remixed an existing text. Case Studies/Python for Informatics
Python for Informatics
Case Studies/Virtual School for Latin America and the Caribbean
Virtual School for Latin America and the Caribbean
Seven public high school science teachers in Utah used adapted CC-licensed CK-12 textbooks in their classrooms. Case Studies/Utah Open Textbook Project
Utah Open Textbook Project
The University of Southern Queensland OpenCourseWare (USQ OCW) provides access to free and open educational resources across several disciplines for students and teachers worldwide. Case Studies/University of Southern Queensland OpenCourseWare
University of Southern Queensland OpenCourseWare
WikiPremed is a comprehensive MCAT course covering the undergraduate level general sciences for premed students. Case Studies/WikiPremed
WikiPremed
We produce PDF versions of calculus textbooks with embedded teaching videos, providing a deeper, richer learning experience for mathematics students using CC licenses. Case Studies/Worldwide Center of Mathematics
Worldwide Center of Mathematics
Mark Pilgrim is a prominent author of software and web development books. Case Studies/Mark Pilgrim
Mark Pilgrim
Qedoc is a project where teachers and learners can create and share highly interactive educational resources (e.g. quizzes and flashcards) using CC licences. Case Studies/Qedoc Interactive Educational Resources
Qedoc Interactive Educational Resources
Korea University Open CourseWare Case Studies/Korea University Open Course Ware
Korea University Open Course Ware
Otago Polytechnic is a tertiary education provider in Dunedin, New Zealand, which offers a range of open access training courses. Case Studies/Otago Polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic
TESSA is a research and development project that works to create open educational resources (OER) and course design guidance for educators across Sub-Saharan Africa under CC BY-SA. Case Studies/TESSA
TESSA
A free 1600 page physics textbook written to be surprising and challenging on every page. Case Studies/Motion Mountain - The Free Physics Textbook
Motion Mountain - The Free Physics Textbook
Free and open access to course materials from The Open University UK. Case Studies/OpenLearn
OpenLearn
Saylor.org is a repository of free, openly licensed, OER based courses on a variety of subjects. Case Studies/Saylor.org
Saylor.org
Flat World Knowledge is a commercial higher education textbook publisher that incorporates CC licenses into its business model. Case Studies/Flat World Knowledge
Flat World Knowledge
The Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) is an online community of open study groups for short university-level courses. Case Studies/Peer 2 Peer University
Peer 2 Peer University
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph lessons daily via Twitter, and weekly summaries via other social networks including Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare, Vimeo and posted to iTunes as a video podcast. Case Studies/VOCAB: with Bennu
VOCAB: with Bennu
First research study providing data articulating that a distance learning program can simultaneously (1) provide a significant public good by publishing opencourseware and (2) be revenue positive while doing it. Case Studies/The Impact of OpenCourseWare On Paid Enrollment In Distance Learning Courses
The Impact of OpenCourseWare On Paid Enrollment In Distance Learning Courses
Smarthistory is a high-quality, interactive resource surveying the history of art from the Paleothic era to the present day. Founded by two professors, all Smarthistory content is openly available under Creative Commons. Case Studies/Smarthistory
Smarthistory
Case Studies/California Free Digital Textbook Initiative
California Free Digital Textbook Initiative
These groups contain collectively over 400 member institutions in support of openly licensed courseware community colleges and universities in the U.S. and around the world. Case Studies/Community College Consortium for OER
Community College Consortium for OER
Pratham Books, a non-profit children's book publishing house in India, has begun using CC licenses to further distribution, translation and reuse of its works. Case Studies/Pratham Books
Pratham Books
Open share service providing higher educational teaching material run by KERIS(Korea Education and Research Information Service) Case Studies/KOCW
KOCW
This collection contains course materials, student projects, and hundreds of other resources for teaching and learning archaeology. Case Studies/Open Archaeology Collection
Open Archaeology Collection
The University of Michigan Library has shown itself to be particularly sensible in regards to open content licensing, the public domain, and issues of copyright in the digital age. Case Studies/University of Michigan Library
University of Michigan Library